William L'Engle (1884-1957)The Five Josephs signed 'L'Engle.' (lower right) oil and graphite on board 29 3/8 x 39 1/2 in. (74.6 x 100.3 cm.) Painted in 1935.FootnotesProvenance Sale, Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts, September 22, 1995, lot 407A. (as A Provincetown Allegory) Private collection, Boston, acquired at the above sale. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Exhibited New York, Georgette Passedoit Gallery, November 1935. Provincetown, Massachusetts, Provincetown Art Association, 1936. Provincetown, Massachusetts, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Lucy and William L'Engle July 30-August 16, 1999, pp. 11, 14, illustrated. Literature Art News, November 9, 1935. William L'Engle's The Five Josephs is powerful and cryptic, unlike other examples within L'Engle's oeuvre. It has been suggested that this work was inspired by Thomas Mann's (1875-1955) four-part novel, Joseph and His Brothers, in which Mann retells the stories of Genesis from Jacob to Joseph. L'Engle executed a watercolor version of The Five Josephs, likely a study for the present work, that presents the figures in nearly identical poses. L'Engle made only minor changes when painting the present work, such as depicting a phallic seashell on the shore at upper right rather than a starfish depicted in the watercolor version.
William L'Engle (1884-1957)The Five Josephs signed 'L'Engle.' (lower right) oil and graphite on board 29 3/8 x 39 1/2 in. (74.6 x 100.3 cm.) Painted in 1935.FootnotesProvenance Sale, Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts, September 22, 1995, lot 407A. (as A Provincetown Allegory) Private collection, Boston, acquired at the above sale. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Exhibited New York, Georgette Passedoit Gallery, November 1935. Provincetown, Massachusetts, Provincetown Art Association, 1936. Provincetown, Massachusetts, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Lucy and William L'Engle July 30-August 16, 1999, pp. 11, 14, illustrated. Literature Art News, November 9, 1935. William L'Engle's The Five Josephs is powerful and cryptic, unlike other examples within L'Engle's oeuvre. It has been suggested that this work was inspired by Thomas Mann's (1875-1955) four-part novel, Joseph and His Brothers, in which Mann retells the stories of Genesis from Jacob to Joseph. L'Engle executed a watercolor version of The Five Josephs, likely a study for the present work, that presents the figures in nearly identical poses. L'Engle made only minor changes when painting the present work, such as depicting a phallic seashell on the shore at upper right rather than a starfish depicted in the watercolor version.
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